Wild wormwood is distributed in Jiangxi, Fujian, Hunan, Hubei, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan, and Tibet. Common on hillside roadsides, watersides, and bushes, at an altitude of 300-1800 meters. It is also found in Thailand, Southeast Asia and Africa.
Wild chrysanthemum prefers warm, moist and fertile soil, and often grows in wasteland roadsides, watersides or shrubs at an altitude of 300-1800 meters. On hillside forests, in shrubs or on shady wet ground beside ditches.
Extended information: Things to note when eating wild vegetables
1. When cooking wild vegetables, attention should be paid to maintaining their gamey flavor. They can be fried, served cold, stuffed, braised, stewed, grilled, boiled, or cooked into soup or eaten raw. The key is to choose different cooking methods according to the different characteristics of wild vegetables.
2. The materials must be fresh. The time between washing, cutting and cooking should not be too long to avoid loss of vitamins and inorganic salts. Don’t eat anything you don’t recognize, and don’t eat wild vegetables that are easy to misunderstand to avoid poisoning.
3. Don’t eat too much. Wild vegetables are generally less contaminated, and they do have a unique flavor. They can be described as natural foods, but everything should be done in moderation. Excessive consumption of wild vegetables can easily cause diseases such as spleen coldness and stomach deficiency because most wild vegetables are cool and cold in nature.
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